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Don’t blow water problem out of proportion, Tamil Nadu CM says

2 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Blaming the monsoon failure for the existing water distress in Tamil Nadu, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said the state government was taking all efforts to provide adequate supply using groundwater sources...

Ramadoss urges TN govt to create new districts

2 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

PMK founder Ramadoss on Tuesday urged the Tamil Nadu government create new districts for effective administration and speedy growth...

Nalini can argue through video conferencing?

7 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

After raising security concern over permitting Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convict Nalini Sriharan to appear in court to argue her plea seeking six months’ leave from imprisonment to make arrangements for her daughter’s marriage, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday informed the Madras high court that she could be allowed to argue through video conferencing...

DMK's main worry: If EPS govt falls, what next?

10 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

If pulling down the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu which enjoys majority on paper - outside the assembly - is an arduous task, the principal opposition, the DMK, is more concerned about what next, if it manages to topple the government headed by Edappadi K Palaniswami...

'One Nation; One Election': TN parties differ

10 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The regional parties in Tamil Nadu have a different take on the move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to push forward the ‘One Nation; One Election’ move and for which he has convened a meeting of all parties on June 19 in New Delhi...

Nerkundram: Water tanker kills woman, injures 3

14 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A water tanker smashed into four people at Nerkundram on Monday, killing a woman...

Will give marks for faulty questions: TNPSC

15 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Tamil Nadu Public Services Commission (TNPSC) on Monday informed the Madras high court that the allegations of wrong answer keys released for the preliminary examination conducted for recruitment to Group-I services has been resolved and appropriate additional marks have been allotted to deserving candidates...

Chennai: Gold hidden in Bluetooth speaker seized

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Customs officials at Chennai international airport on Monday seized 1.1kg of gold hidden in a Bluetooth speaker and arrested a passenger who smuggled it from a foreign country...

Man falls from bike, dies; kin say cop hit him

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 38-year-old man from the city, who suffered head injury after he fell down from his bike on Saturday night, died at Government Rajaji Hospital on Sunday. The incident took place at MGR Bridge connecting Thaikkal Street and Sellur, where a police team was engaged in a vehicular checkup...

Two boys freed from bondage near Chennai

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

After two years of toil in orchards and cattle sheds on the outskirts of Chennai, two siblings, aged10 and 13, were rescued from bondage...

Heatwave to continue for two days in Chennai

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

People of Tamil Nadu may not get any respite from the sweltering heat at least for the next two days as the meteorological department has forecast heatwave conditions for Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. The southern and northern suburbs are likely to be hotter than the core areas of the city...

Man dies as slab falls on him at coach factory

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A man leaning against a wall and eating his dinner inside the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here on Saturday night was killed when a stone slab fell on him after a crane carrying a railway coach accidentally dashed against the wall...

TN college student held for murder of cousin

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Police arrested a 20-year-old college student near Avinashi in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu for murdering his cousin...

All-women police stations to get crèches soon

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Making way for a more inclusive workspace that can ease the burden of young parents, the city police have started building two play areas at the two allwomen police stations in MKB Nagar and St Thomas Mount and a creche is being constructed at another of the police station in the city..

Chennai: 191 days without rain, break 10-yr record

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Two more days without rain and the city will break the record of having endured the longest dry spell in a decade..

TN: History-sheeter killed in police encounter

3 days ago

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TN: 'Allot more funds to preserve check dams'

3 days ago

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History-sheeter killed in encounter with police

3 days ago

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102 Chennai cops booked for traffic violations

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

It’s not just regular denizens, even the gatekeepers of law and order are found to flout rules. At least 102 police personnel have been booked for flouting traffic rules across the city since last week...

Man stabs woman, jumps in front of moving train

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 27-year-old man attacked a young woman with a machete at Chetpet railway station on Friday evening, leaving her with grievous injuries before jumping in front of a suburban train to end his life...

Rs 499.68cr project for revival of water bodies

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Given the severe water crisis in the state, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday issued an order to take up the kudimaramath scheme (traditional restoration of water bodies) at Rs 499.68 crore for the current fiscal. The traditional restoration of water bodies with the support of farmers will be implemented in 29 districts after both the monsoons failed last year, leaving the state high and dry...

'Use only Eng or Hindi for communication'

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Southern Railway has sent a letter to station staff and train operation controllers instructing them to avoid using regional languages while communicating officially...

Tamil Nadu: Cauvery authority to meet on June 25

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Against the backdrop of Karnataka not releasing the stipulated quantum of water from Cauvery reservoirs to Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery water management authority, the supreme body vested with powers on storage, apportionment, regulation and control of Cauvery water, is scheduled to meet on June 25..

Corporate hosp employee molests sedated woman

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Police have arrested a lab technician at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Perungudi, after a 30-year-old woman complained that he sexually abused her minutes before she was to undergo surgery..

Railways to set up 3rd water recycling plant

4 days ago

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Cops detain three suspected ISIS supporters

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a man who was a Facebook friend of the alleged mastermind of the Easter day blasts in Sri Lanka, the Coimbatore police on Thursday searched the houses of three youths and picked them up for questioning...

Trying to stage protest, SFI members detained

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Police detained around 20 members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) when they tried to stage a protest in front of the Coimbatore chief education officer’s office here on Thursday morning...

TN CM to attend Niti Aayog meeting in Delhi

5 days ago

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Road cave-in hits traffic at Madhya Kailash jn

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Traffic came to almost a standstill on the Sardar Patel Road and other roads leading to it, including the Gandhi Mandapam Road, on Thursday morning after the road caved in at the busy Madhya Kailash junction...

TRB shifts to computer-based test to curb fraud

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Signalling an end to paper-based recruitment tests for teachers, the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) on Wednesday announced that the recruitment of 2,144 PG teachers will be conducted on a computer-based online test..

Man who slashed genitals after gay sex held

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Police on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old man for the murder of a drunk man at Retteri in May by cutting his genitals after a gay sex encounter and for attempting to murder another drunk man in Madhavaram on June 1..

Kerala seizes boats, fines TN fishermen Rs 10L

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Fisheries department officials in Kerala have impounded four deep sea fishing boats from Kanyakumari district, seized their fish and also slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh – at Rs 2.5 lakh per boat – for returning from the sea after the beginning of the fishing ban in that state...

Murder by slashing genitals: Man arrested in TN

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Chennai city police have arrested a 35-year-old man who murdered a drunk man at Retteri in May by cutting his genitals after a homosexual encounter and also attempted to murder another drunk man in nearby Madhavaram in the same manner on June 1...

Trichy: Girl who fell from school stairs dies

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

After battling for life in a government hospital for two days after sustaining a head injury at her school, 12-year-old R Ilakkiya died without responding to treatment on Tuesday. A student of class VII at Methodist Girls Higher Secondary School, she had an accidental fall from the stairs at her school on Friday. She developed internal bleeding in her head after it banged on the stairs...

More escalators at Chennai metro stations

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Commuters no longer need to worry about climbing the stairs to access underground metro stations on Anna Salai, as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has started installing escalators on several entry points of the stations — that otherwise have only stairways. While escalators were installed at one of the AG-DMS entry points usually used by government employees, stations like Nandanam, Saidapet, Thousand Lights and LIC will soon have these moving staircases...

Chennai: CBI books 57 for Rs 27cr bank fraud

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chennai, filed three cases on Monday pertaining to fraud of loans taken by several individuals from Indian Bank in the city...

Street plays to be enacted at Egmore stn on Wed

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The programme will be held near the child help desk on platform number four at the station between 4pm and 5pm...

Rural water: TN seeks Rs 5,398cr from Centre

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Tamil Nadu rural and municipal administration minister S P Velumani on Tuesday met Union minister for jal shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum seeking Rs 5,398 crore for providing water to rural parts of the state under the combined water supply projects...

TN: Sugar turns bitter for farmers and mills

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Successive monsoon failures, unremunerative cane prices and crashing sugar rates have sent the industry into a tailspin and pushing into uncertainty lives of 30,000 mill workers, 1.5 lakh indirect employees and five lakh cane farmers...

Chennai man held under Pocso Act for raping minor

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 38-year-old man who sexually harassed a mentally-challenged girl in Vyasarpadi has been arrested under the Pocso Act...

3000L tanks come as boon for residents in Chennai

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Metrowater’s decision to fit 120 trucks with 3,000litre sintex tanks has come as boon to water-starved residents, especially those living in narrow streets, as the waiting period after making a booking for supply has come down from a fortnight to just over a week...

Tanuvas extends degree programmes date

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has extended the last date for applying for BVSc and AH and BTech degree programmes online (www.tanuvas.ac.in) till 5.45pm on June 17...

HC cautions dist collectors over toll collection

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Madras high court on Monday directed all the district collectors in Tamil Nadu to take immediate action against illegal collection of tolls and parking fees in the state, particularly in municipal areas...

Three die in road accident near Hosur in TN

8 days ago

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For extra Re 1, TNSTC fined Rs 13,000

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC), Salem has been asked to pay a passenger ₹13,000 for collecting ₹1 in excess from a passenger..

Concerns arise over quality of tanker water

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Private water tanker companies are tapping water from unidentified and abandoned sources compromising on quality..

Chennai man breaks beer bottle on cop’s head

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A sub-inspector of police investigating a murder case was attacked with a beer bottle near a Tasmac bar at Kolathur on Saturday night..

Surprise check conducted in Madurai prison

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A surprise search was conducted in the Madurai Central Prison on Sunday morning to check the usage of banned things like cellphones and ganja. No banned item was found during the search which had lasted for a couple of hours...

Man who duped family of Rs 84 lakh held

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The city crime branch police arrested a 29-year-old man on Saturday for duping a family of Rs 84 lakh by promising them to invest the amount in share market and return 10% of the sum as profit every month...

Techie sacked for ‘lack of project’ gets Rs 1.5L

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A software professional, who was terminated from service by her employer, citing lack of suitable projects for her after she returned from a eight-month maternity leave, has been awarded Rs 1.5 lakh compensation by a city labour court...

Teen hurt after falling off flyover in Chennai

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

An 18-year-old boy fell off a flyover after he was thrown away from a moving bike in Poonamallee on Saturday...

Reduce GST on MSMEs: CPM to submit memorandum

10 days ago

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20k trees to be axed for Chennai-Kurnool highway

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

As many as 19,581 trees will have to be chopped off to make way for the proposed NH-716B, the 126.5 km six-lane greenfield highway..

Tamil Nadu transsexual attempts suicide

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 28-year-old transsexual attempted suicide after consuming sleeping pills at Jafferkhanpet on Friday.The person was rescued and sent to Government Royapettah Hospital for further treatment...

Chennai Metro sets up bio-sewage treatment plant

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has launched a cost-saving bio-sewage treatment plant at Guindy metro station that functions without electricity and water. This is CMRL’s third such plant...

No power supply in Chembarambakkam area on Tue

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Power supply will be suspended in Chembarambakkam area of Chennai from 9am to 4pm on Tuesday (May 11) for maintenance work...

DMK to participate in a human chain protest

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The DMK on Friday announced that its workers will participate in a human chain protest on June 12 to oppose the move to launch hydrocarbon projects in the Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu and in the Union territory of Puducherry...

TN: Only one govt sch student scores over 400

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Students from government and aided schools in Tamil Nadu will struggle to get MBBS seats in top colleges as only one of the 19,680 who took NEET scored more than 400 marks...

Chennai takes to streets, demands water

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Chennai’s poor are finally on the streets demanding their share of water. Residents of five localities in north Chennai staged flash protests between 8.30am and 10am on Thursday and brought traffic to a grinding halt...

TN: Chennai Metro Rail conducts cycle rally

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

More than 50 staff members of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) took part in a bicycle rally here on Thursday to raise awareness on protecting the environment...

BJP core committee takes stock of poll debacle

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The core committee of BJP’s Tamil Nadu state unit held a meeting at the party’s headquarters here on Thursday to retrospect on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections and the party’s stand and prospects in the forthcoming local bodies elections...

Water managers pin hopes on southwest monsoon

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Nearly six months since Chennai received any significant rainfall, experts are pinning hopes on the southwest monsoon, likely to hit Kerala in a couple of days, to end the dry spell and fill up reservoirs...

Recycle plastic for marine life: Scientists

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A national-level effort is on to curb disposal of plastic in the ocean. Now, a team from the city-based National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) has come up with an alternative idea to put plastic back in the ocean to develop an underwater habitat for marine life...

Drunks put fear into regulars in first class suburban coaches

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The scourge of non-bona fide commuters and those intent on creating trouble has returned to haunt first class passengers on the city’s suburban rail network, which is used by 11 lakh commuters everyday...

Medicos help labourer’s daughter clear NEET

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A daily labourer’s daughter who studied in a government school has cleared NEET, thanks to Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) Alumni Association. SM Surya Lakshmi’s score of 368 out of 720 marks may not be enough to win her an MBBS seat, but that she could achieve it with just two months’ preparation gives hope to many...

Coast Guard conducts clean-up off Kovalam Beach

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Indian Coast Guard and Dive India conducted an underwater clean-up off Kovalam Beach here on Wednesday. The drive was conducted on the occasion of the World Environment Day which is observed on June 5 every year...

US woman robbed at Chennai Central metro stn

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

An elderly woman from the US, who walked into Chennai Central metro station, the city’s largest underground metro station, was snatched off her 6.5-sovereign gold chain, despite the presence of nearly 150 CCTV cameras..

Buses to provide last-mile link for Chennai metro

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

When Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) begins its operations on the first leg of the 118.9km phase-2 by 2025 with more than 130 trains..

331 schools in Chennai lose recognition

15 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Chennai district collectorate on Monday released the list of schools functioning without obtaining government's recognition...

TN: Poojas done, but temples struggle for water

15 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

All temples are struggling for water despite special poojas and homams conducted to propitiate the rain god following instructions from the the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department...

Woman dies in stampede at PDS shop in Tamil Nadu

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 63-year-old woman died in a stampede at a PDS (public distribution system) shop at Inamkariyandhal in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu on Monday...

Coconut farmers seek permission to tap neera

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Instead of detaining small farmers for tapping neera (palm nectar), the state government should allow them to tap and sell the drink or set up collection centres to procure it from them, Narayanasamy Naidu Farmers Association president AS Babu said...

Ganja peddlers leave streets to start life afresh

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Until recently, twenty-year-old Kalaiselvan* was stopped by police every time he roamed the city streets late in the night. Everything new about him, say a new haircut or ear piercings, was seen with suspicion, given his history of peddling ganja through his teens. The scenario has, however, changed now, with police going out of their way to get Kalaiselvan a job as a construction worker earning not less than ₹8,000 a month...

Ambulance staff return Rs 69L found with victims

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

An ambulance driver and medical technician, who attended to an accident call, found Rs 69 lakh from the damaged car and handed them over to the hospital authorities. In the accident, one person died and two others were injured after one of the tyres of the car they were travelling on burst at Chinnayanchatiram in Kancheepuram district on Saturday evening...

EPS has surrendered TN’s rights to Modi: Stalin

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday attacked Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami for surrendering the rights of the state during his latest Delhi visit. Stalin said the people of Tamil Nadu would neither forget nor forgive EPS for this act...

Gold worth Rs 47.9L seized at Trichy airport

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs department seized gold worth Rs 47.86 lakh and weighing 1.423 kg, which were in the forms of cut pieces, chains and paste, from four air passengers at the Trichy International Airport in two days..

TN: Toddler dies as lamp sets her dress ablaze

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A six-year-old girl, a UKG student at a private school, died after fire from an earthen lamp spread to her clothes when she was playing at her house at Kakkalur near Tiruvallur...

North Chennai metro line may open by June 2020

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

By this time next year, commuters can travel from Wimco Nagar to Airport, covering nearly 31km, on a direct train in a matter of just an hour, as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)..

TN: Two killed, seven injured in road mishap

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Two women were killed and seven others of the same family were injured after the Multi-Utility Vehicle (MUV) in which the victims were travelling rammed a crash barrier on Trichy-Namakkal highway near Manachanallur in the early hours of Saturday...

TN plans to cut Class XII subjects from 6 to 5

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Tamil Nadu is planning to reduce the number of subjects for Class XII state board students from six to five.While those aspiring to pursue engineering may not have to study biology, MBBS aspirants may skip mathematics at the higher secondary level, said Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations (TNDGE) sources...

TN Speaker's driver knifes one in tiff over water

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

In a fight over water, Tamil Nadu assembly speaker Dhanapal's car driver attacked a woman and her husband with a knife at their apartment in Anakaputhur on Thursday...

TN: Lightning strike kills 18-yr-old, 2 injured

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

An 18-year-old woman died and two others were injured after a lightning strike in Mathuranthagam, Kancheepuram district, on Thursday night...

Varsity lecturer suspended for demanding bribe

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

An assistant professor at Tamil University in Thanjavur has been placed under suspension for indulging in malpractices...

After protests, SR withdraws language circular

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Following protests by DMK workers and others, Southern Railway on Friday withdrew a circular to station staff and train operation controllers instructing them to avoid using regional languages while communicating officially...

DMK MLA K Rathamani passes away in Puducherry

4 days ago

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Chennai takes guard for World Cup in style

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

As fans parade the streets outside the stadiums hosting cricket matches in the UK, Chennai follows its own style of celebrating the World Cup..

Bodies of 5 pilgrims who died in UP reach TN

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Ravichandran, husband of Kala Devi, 58, who died of heat stroke while travelling from Agra to Coimbatore on Tuesday, recalled how much she loved to travel..

Madhya Kailash junction sinkhole hits traffic

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A gaping hole appeared near the Madhya Kailash junction on Thursday, severely affecting traffic for several hours. The 6-feet deep sinkhole measuring 10feet in diameter appeared on the road towards OMR. This is the second such incident in a month..

Fifth phase of Keeladi excavations begins

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Minister for Tamil language, Tamil culture and archaeology Ma Foi K Pandiarajan inaugurated the fifth phase of excavation at the Keeladi ancient site in Sivaganga district on Thursday...

Man held for hunting peacocks in Tamil Nadu

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Forest officials in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu have arrested a 26-year-old man for hunting peacocks for meat...

Three die as omnibus rams truck in Tamil Nadu

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Three people died on the spot and 39 others suffered injuries when an omnibus rammed the rear side of a truck at Prithivimangalam in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Thursday...